Associations to the word «Adobe»

Wiktionary

ADOBE, noun. An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
ADOBE, noun. The earth from which such bricks are made.
ADOBE, noun. A house made of adobe brick.

Dictionary definition

ADOBE, noun. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
ADOBE, noun. Sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats